ASUS Philippines Prepares the Younger Generation for the Real World

NUEVA ECIJA, PHILIPPINES- Together with its key partners in ASUS Foundation, Fil-Chi Love and Care Foundation, and the Taiwan Digital Opportunity Center, ASUS Philippines recently marked yet another milestone in the brand’s commitment of bolstering its CSR campaign.

“ASUS Philippines and our partners have never wavered in our commitment to championing education, computer literacy, and skills advancement. But beyond providing the PCs these students and faculty will use to upgrade their teaching and learning processes, we also look towards the positive impact this will ultimately have within their entire community.

Sto. Domingo National Trade School (SDNTS) in Sto. Domingo, Nueva Ecija is the province’s first and only vocational trade school. The academic institution caters to almost 2,000 students from Grade 7 to 12 enrolled in various vocational courses, with an overall student population of 3,350.

Grade 10 Students of Sto. Domingo National Trade School in Nueva Ecija are all smiles inside their newly-equipped computer laboratory with 50 ASUS laptops last February 27, 2020

Speaking about the lack of innovative tools for educational advancement Dr. Cecile Ocsan, SDNTS Vocational School Administrator I shares, “In this digital transformation era, computer illiteracy is one of the biggest problems we must address. We will motivate our teachers and students to challenge themselves to commit more for excellence, now that we have these ASUS Laptops on our side to better prepare our students for the real world.”

ASUS Philippines’ Ron Mariano (Leftmost), Product Marketer for Commercial PC, and Francis Garcia (Rightmost), Product Marketing Manager for Consumer PC, award the Certificate of Donation to Dr. Cecile Ocsan, Vocational School Administrator I of Sto. Domingo National Trade School.

These 50 ASUS laptops will be primarily for the benefit of SDNTS grade 7 to 10 students who are taking up Internet and Computing Fundamentals, and Computer Science Studies. NUEVA ECIJA, PHILIPPINES- Together with its key partners in ASUS Foundation, Fil-Chi Love and Care Foundation, and the Taiwan Digital Opportunity Center, ASUS Philippines recently marked yet another milestone in the brand’s commitment of bolstering its CSR campaign.

This time, the search for the incredible brought the ASUS Philippines team all the way to Nueva Ecija and Nueva Vizcaya, armed with a total of 80 ASUS laptops to be turned over to two schools.

The second beneficiary of ASUS Philippines’ recent CSR campaign in Central Luzon is the Lamo Elementary School in Nueva Vizcaya a humble school along Dupax Del Norte with an overall population of almost 200 students from kinder to grade 6.

Students, faculty members, and alumni from Lamo Elementary School in Nueva Vizcaya during the turnover ceremony of 30 ASUS laptops last February 28, 2020

In an interview with Ms. Dalita Galanta, Head Teacher III of Lamo Elementary School, she shares, While these students are eager to learn, there are certain limitations that hindered them to comprehend the advancement of technology.

Ms. Dalita Galanta, Head Teacher III of Lamo Elementary School during our interview

“One of the end goals of ASUS Philippines’ CSR activities is to lessen the digital divide, by supporting schools that have scarce resources. By providing these laptops, we are empowering students while improving their learning process, which we believe will impact their social and economic growth,” closes Francis Garcia.

Students from Lamo Elementary School try their newly installed laptops for the first time.

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